This week's recipe is named after the earthenware dish in which it is traditionally cooked: baeckeoffe, or baker’s oven.

To find food packed with meaning, history, and comfort, look no further than Appalachian cuisine. The traditional dishes of ...

While I grew up eating soup beans and cornbread as a weeknight staple, I didn't realize it was what some would call "Appalachian food." It's just what my family ate, but I soon learned that this ...

Combine lettuce in bacon grease like they do in Appalachia. It is incredibly simple and takes advantage of an overabundance ...

This week's recipe features a sweet: the pumpkin chocolate chip sea salt cookies. As Barbara Johnson said, “A balanced diet ...

This week I write to you from the North Woods, smoke filling the air from Canadian wildfires, lakes stretched out between shorelines of white birches, balsams, red pines, and giant boulders. The ...

— From "Cider Beans, Wild Greens and Dandelion Jelly: Recipes from Southern Appalachia," by Joan E. Aller (Andrews McMeel, $27.99) 8 servings 1. Pick over the beans and discard any stones and wrinkled ...

When Erica Abrams Locklear discovered her Appalachian grandmother’s cookbook, she was shocked by what she found. It was filled with recipes for “traditional” mountain foods like apple stack cake and ...

BRASSTOWN, N.C. — Jack Smoot carefully pulled his handcrafted dulcimer out of its soft velvet, purple case and began to pluck away. “’Tis the gift to be simple. ‘Tis the gift to be free,” he sang. A ...

Ronni Lundy knows the stereotypes of Appalachia. She’s heard it all. “Do you wear shoes?” and “Are any of your cousins married?” Still, she proudly claims her stake as part of the hillbilly diaspora, ...